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E. G. WATSON.

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No. 366,542. Patented July 12, 1887.

lnz/e'nzor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS G. XVATSON, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO H. WV. MASON, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,542, dated July 12, 1857.

- Application filed March 11, 1887. Serial No. 930,490. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ELIAS G. \VATsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new andv useful Improvement in Coat-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is aside view of my invention, showing thejaws closed, as they appear when a coat is suspended from them. Fig. 2 is also a side view and showing the jaws open and in the position they assume when the coat is removed from them. Fig. 3 is a view of the spring, one end of which forms one of the jaws. Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of the loop which holds the several parts of the device together, the lower part of which forms the lower jaw of the device. Fig. 5 illustrates the construction of the outer end of the arm or body of the device.

In Fig. 1 a represents the arm or body of the device provided with a screw or other suitable means for attaching to a wall, the outer end of which is constructed as shown in Fig. 5, having the notch n, the slot Z, and the point k.

In Fig. 4 the loop I) has its inner surface of its upper end formed in the shape of a V at 9, while its lower portion forms the lower jaw of the device, and is provided with the segment f.

In Fig. 3 the spring 0 has one end bent, as at 1 while the other end forms the upper jaw, d, of the device, and is provided with the shoulders 1. The loop I) is perforated and provided with a pin at h.

\Nhcn the parts of the device are adjusted together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the spring 0 inserted in the loop I), so that the shoulders 0* rest against the segment f, the point It of the arm a resting in the bend t of the spring a, and the notch a resting against the V g, and the pin it inserted through the sides of the loop b and through the slot 1, it will be seen that the motion of the loop I) is limited in its extent by the pin h, and when the loop is thrown forward, as in Fig. 2, the jaws Will open, and that when thrown back again, as shown in Fig. 1, )ast a line drawn through the points g and i the jaws will be closed.

The operation of the device is as follows: The parts being adjusted as shown, the whole is made fast to a wall by means of the screw 0. The loop I) is then drawn forward, which motion opens the jaws e and (I, when a convenient part of the coat is placed between the jaws, and the loop I) forced to the rear, which motion closes the jaws and firmly holds the garment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

A coat-hook consisting of the arm a. the swinging loop I), and spring 0, substantially as shown and described.

ELIAS G. \VATSON.

\Vitnesses:

THos. M. J AMES, HENRY \V. MAsoN. 

